US President-elect Trump: Tariffs will pay off our debt and MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN
US President-elect Donald Trump took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to note that "the Tariffs, and Tariffs alone, created this vast wealth for our Country. Then we switched over to Income Tax. We were never so wealthy as during this period. Tariffs will pay off our debt and MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN!"
He also spoke about border control in his following tweets, saying "with the Biden “Open Border’s Policy” I said, many times during Rallies, and elsewhere, that Radical Islamic Terrorism, and other forms of violent crime, will become so bad in America that it will become hard to even imagine or believe. That time has come, only worse than ever imagined. Joe Biden is the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER. What he and his group of Election Interfering “thugs” have done to our Country will not soon be forgotten! MAGA."
Market reaction
The US Dollar pays a little heed to these tweets from the Tariff man, trading 0.09% lower on the day at 109.15 against its major currency rivals.
US Dollar PRICE This week
The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies this week. US Dollar was the strongest against the Euro.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1.49% | 1.46% | -0.30% | -0.21% | -0.05% | 0.31% | 1.09% | |
| EUR | -1.49% | -0.03% | -1.78% | -1.72% | -1.59% | -1.21% | -0.44% | |
| GBP | -1.46% | 0.03% | -1.75% | -1.69% | -1.56% | -1.18% | -0.41% | |
| JPY | 0.30% | 1.78% | 1.75% | 0.08% | 0.30% | 0.77% | 1.47% | |
| CAD | 0.21% | 1.72% | 1.69% | -0.08% | 0.15% | 0.59% | 1.30% | |
| AUD | 0.05% | 1.59% | 1.56% | -0.30% | -0.15% | 0.39% | 1.16% | |
| NZD | -0.31% | 1.21% | 1.18% | -0.77% | -0.59% | -0.39% | 0.77% | |
| CHF | -1.09% | 0.44% | 0.41% | -1.47% | -1.30% | -1.16% | -0.77% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).
Author
Dhwani Mehta
FXStreet
Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.
